{"id":910729,"date":"2026-09-30T07:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T07:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/910729\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T07:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T07:08:09","slug":"inside-josh-hartnetts-low-key-uk-farm-after-offloading-us-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/910729\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Josh Hartnett\u2019s low-key UK farm after offloading US homes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Josh Hartnett has opened up about turning his back on Hollywood to raise his four children on a quiet English farm.<\/p>\n

Despite his A-list status, the Oppenheimer star stepped away from Los Angeles to build a low-key life in Hampshire, South East England, with his wife, British actress Tamsin Egerton.<\/p>\n

Located an hour outside London, the rural property includes a barn, a large backyard, and space for goats, chickens and guinea pigs.<\/p>\n

Speaking on This Morning<\/a>, the 48-year-old actor admitted his quiet lifestyle was a world away from the red carpet.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got a little farm, tiny little farm,\u201d Hartnett said. \u201cA lot of animals, we have four kids, so it\u2019s busy. <\/p>\n

\u201cMy life is my family life, and then every once in a while I come out and do something like this, which is such an anomaly for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Josh Hartnett with his wife, British actress Tamsin Egerton. Picture: Jeff Spicer\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

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Despite his A-list status, the Oppenheimer star stepped away from Los Angeles to build a low-key life in Hampshire, South East England. Picture: Theo Wargo\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Hartnett said he felt far more grounded today than during the height of his early stardom. <\/p>\n

He added that feeling like \u201ca foreigner in my own home\u201d alongside his English wife and children kept him humble.<\/p>\n

The move follows his decision years ago to walk away from Los Angeles to avoid becoming consumed by the movie business.<\/p>\n

\u201cHollywood is more than a place, it\u2019s like a state of mind,\u201d Hartnett told The Guardian<\/a> in 2024. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re around people who are constantly talking about the movie business, your life is going to be pretty much one note. And I\u2019ve never wanted that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just never really vibed with L.A. because I\u2019m not a big fan of sitting in the car all day.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Hartnett with Eric Banaand Tom Sizemore in Black Hawk Down.<\/p>\n

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Hartnetw with Shannyn Sossamon in 40 Days and 40 Nights.<\/p>\n

After breakout roles in Pearl Harbor and Black Hawk Down, the heart-throb famously rejected big-budget blockbusters, including playing Superman twice and took an 18-month break from acting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just didn\u2019t want my life to be swallowed up by my work,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou saw what happened to some people back then. They got obliterated by it. I didn\u2019t want that for myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of his shift away from the US, the actor offloaded his US real estate portfolio.<\/p>\n

Hartnett sold a historic 1887 Victorian home on Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis for $US2.3m ($A3.4m) in 2015.<\/p>\n

The 40 Days and 40 Nights star later offloaded a Tribeca loft apartment in New York with a rooftop terrace, which he bought in 2004 for $2.4m ($A3.5m)<\/p>\n

He also parted ways with a 1920s French-style compound in Los Angeles, complete with a hidden speak-easy and plunge pool, in an all-cash $4.43m ($A6.5m) deal.<\/p>\n

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